Settle in...

...this is going to be a long post! I apologize for not posting more frequent. We have had a busy month. It has been over 5 months now that we are living in York Valley. Mesa living seems like forever ago!

I am going to try and do this in order as much as possible. Thank goodness for pictures that go in order on my phone. 

Cutie enjoying some pasta.

He very much enjoys looking at himself...messy face and all!


One of the bigger pieces of news that happened in this time period is....WE HAVE A NEW TRAILER!! We absolutely love it!! While it is smaller (isn't cozier a nicer term for that??), it has air conditioning!! A fridge that works!! Water pressure!! An oven that doesn't burn things (yet). Introducing the newest addtion to our family: Deborah!!

Our 2007 Jayco Jayflight 27ft travel trailer.

After months of off and on searching, we finally found this smoking deal on craigslist. After at least an hour debate with input from several people, we put a down payment on it to hold others from looking at it. It was in PHX and we couldn't get back to check it out for several days. While in our search process, we had founds several scams stating that a person in their life had died and they just had to get rid of the trailer, boat, car etc for super cheap. That's what we thought this would be but thank goodness it was not!! The guy was a super nice midwesterner who buys bank repoed items and fixes them up for a quick sale. Take a look inside:



When you walk in the "master bedroom" is on the right. There is a screen that can be pulled to create a spot for Drew to sleep during the day when he is on nights.



Taken from the "master bedroom". Door is right by the trash can. Couch is on the other side of the wall. Kitchen/dining and then behind the door is the bathroom. It even has a tub. Granted it would not be one of those you toss floating candles on with flower petals.

And then there is this little suprise. Bunks! I really like this feature. As you can see, top bunk is for storage right now but the bottom bunk can be used for guests, etc. Under the bed is storage.

So the little story behind getting the trailer. We had made plans for Drew's 7 days off to go to my aunt's house in Oceanside. We had to check out this trailer first. So we spend the morning at the bank trying to get loans, plates, etc. We finally got everything worked out around 2 or so. So we went to park it at Drew's mom's house while we went to Oceanside. It was crazy hot trying to get it all postioned, off the hitched, and locked up so no one could take it while we were on our trip. We finally hit the road about 4 pm and were on our way to wonderful Oceanside CA!! This trip was awesome!!! We were so excited to be in the cool weather, by the ocean, and spending time with my aunt and uncle.

Day one: BEACH!!

We had our football, bucket for sand, and boogie boards! It was warm enough and the water was quite refreshing. It was wonderful to sit in the sand and just enjoy the sun, breeze, and Drew's company. I wanted to go back in for one more quick dip before we headed back to my aunt's house. I went into the deeper water and Drew stayed in ankle deep water. A few throws of the football in, Drew makes (what I thought was) a dramatic catch, falling over the in water. He comes up and doesn't look back at me, just makes a quick trip back to our stuff. As he sits down, he finally motions to me to come quick. Well me being the concerned wife and only thinking about my husband, had a little freak out moment because I was going to have to walk through the same water Drew just hurt himself in...OH MY GOSH. I think that is the fastest I have ever walked through water freaking out the whole time! As I get to Drew, I see his foot is bleeding. After a few choice words, we make our way to the lifeguard station. The lifeguard was a typical Cali guy...so so so chill about it, asking Drew if it was burning. "Oh yeah you prolly got stung by a sting ray" so casually. Well that ended our beach day. We called my aunt and uncle to see if they could warm up some water because Drew needed to soak his foot in "as hot as you can tolerate" water to help get the posion out. As we pull up to their house, my uncle comes out to the truck with crutches...haha. So Drew and Steve sat on the back deck drinking beers with Drew having one foot in nearly boiling water. That was quite an ordeal, Steve trying to pour hot, hot water and Drew yelling that it was too hot, and back and forth.

The next day we went to sushi for lunch. We haven't had sushi in forever. And it was sooo sooo good!!! We had so much and it was all half off!! We went walking in Carlsbad, out for pizza, picking fruit in their backyard, and on the last day we went to the zoo in San Diego. Since they have the pandas, they have a whole Chinese theme going on. It was so cool!!!

They were flipping each other with their feet. It was crazy.

She had a huge pot first, then a table, and last, two small boys.

The smallest boy was so so cute! He was a little flirt with the crowd, blowing kisses and such.

Baby cheetahs!

So cute...for a cat.

Drew's favorite picture from the zoo.

We are going to miss these temps as we head back to 90-100s.

Back in AZ!

Yikes. All this has been added to our life since we left Mesa.

I love this.

Its monsoon season baby! Love all the rain we have been getting.

Feeling a little white trash-ish. We didn't want to move our dish so instead we have about 30 feet of cable running from our old spot to our new trailer. (The old trailer is still there while we wait for the owner to pick it up).

Cade enjoying looking at himself while riding to Duncan AZ

Pretty sunset in Duncan AZ

Who doesn't go golfing at 230 in 98 degree weather? Well the rest of Greenlee county as we were the only ones there.

Just some long horned sheep chilling in the park. Very welcoming to kids.

Okay. For some reason some of my pictures aren't uploading...like the beach in Cali, etc. So maybe in another month I'll have more to update :)

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!!